PDF, 1536K - Measure DHS

5.10 INTENTION TO USE FAMILY PLANNING AMONG NONUSERS
An important indicator of the changing demand for family planning is the extent to which
nonusers of contraception plan to use family planning in the future. Currently married respondents, who
were not using contraception at the time of the survey were asked whether they intend to use family
planning methods in the future. The results are presented in Table 5.15.
Nearly half (46 percent) of currently married women who were not using any contraception at
the time of the survey said that they intend to use family planning methods at some time in the future.
More than half of them (53 percent) say they do not intend to use, while 2 percent are unsure of their
intentions to use. Men are slightly more likely than women to indicate intention to use in the future (48
percent versus 46 percent). Women with less than four children are more likely than men to say they
do not intend to use in the future; however, the reverse is true at parity four and above.
Table 5.15 Future use of contraception
Percent distribution of currently married women and men who are not using a contraceptive
method by intention to use in the future, according to number of living children, Ethiopia 2000
_______________________________________________________________________________
Number of living children 1
_________________________________________
Intention 0 1 2 3 4+ Total
_______________________________________________________________________________
WOMEN
_______________________________________________________________________________
Intends to use
Does not intend to use
Unsure
Missing
36.6 49.5 45.8 47.3 45.4 45.7
60.9 48.9 53.2 51.8 52.8 52.8
2.4 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.5
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number
754 1,469 1,525 1,283 3,967 8,998
_______________________________________________________________________________
MEN
_______________________________________________________________________________
Intends to use
Does not intend to use
Unsure
Missing
47.0 52.1 54.8 53.1 44.3 48.3
53.0 46.3 45.2 43.8 55.1 50.7
0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.6 0.8
0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Total
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number
85 126 186 196 643 1,237
_______________________________________________________________________________
1 Includes current pregnancy
5.11 REASONS FOR NONUSE
An understanding of the reasons that people do not like to use family planning methods is critical
in designing programs that could improve the quality of services. Table 5.16 presents the main reasons
for not intending to use family planning as given by currently married nonusers who do not intend to
use a contraceptive method in the future. Desire for more children was the most common reason for not
intending to use contraception in the future for both men and women, cited by 42 percent of women and
65 percent of men.
Fertility Regulation* 63